egdinger Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Does anyone know where I could get one for a model 1. I broke my friends md.1 Trying to fix it, it now gets no video out of the rf port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 It would be easier to just get another Genesis. I've -never- seen a Genesis 1 AV cable, and I've seen my own skull in the mirror. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dones Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 You can get them on Ebay for about $6-$10 bucks. Do a search on "sega av cable". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...8125220093&rd=1 Whaddya know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Kat Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 $5.50 plus $3.00 shipping. This seller allways has a few of them listed. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=3079161113 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 You can make a cable yourself, it's not that hard... as long as you have a soldering iron. You can use a standard 5-pin DIN connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 But it's certainly more trouble than it's worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Depends on how good you are with a soldering iron .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 A while back, I had a copy of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA for NES, the 5 screw version. Easy to take apart. The battery was dead, the game wouldn't retain saves at all. Well, most games and systems use CR2032 button cells. By no means a rare battery. I bought a twin pack of CR2032s, a CR2032 mount, and a soldering kit. As you can see, I was planning on replacing the battery, but the way they're bonded to the board, they can't simply be swapped out. I had to install a socket for the battery to eliminate the need for soldering in the future. For this cartridge, at least. Checked the board over, positive, negative, check. Wired up the mount properly, soldered everything securely. It's certainly factory-quality, and it's definitely ugly, but the connections are solid, and won't come loose. I popped the battery in, put the cart back together, and fired it up. Started a game, got a few heart containers, and saved. Reset. Save file was still there. Shut the game off. Turned it back on, and my save file was still there. I shut the game off and shook the cartridge like a British nanny. Save file wasn't lost. Battery didn't come loose at all, a later inspection proved. Okay, put the game away. A month or so later, I dragged it out again. My save was gone. Wtf? The battery was BRAND NEW, and hadn't been accidentally discharged in the installation process. I'm well aware that CR2032s output a constant level of charge until they die. Anyway, now the game randomly erases, as if it were powered by a dying AA battery. Shaking it or rapidly cycling the power don't do it, either. Replacing the battery in Zelda was a waste of effort, and it wasn't my soldering that made the project fail. If there's one thing I learned in Electronics class, it's how to fucking solder properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 A while back, I had a copy of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA for NES, the 5 screw version. Easy to take apart. The battery was dead, the game wouldn't retain saves at all. Well, most games and systems use CR2032 button cells. By no means a rare battery. I bought a twin pack of CR2032s, a CR2032 mount, and a soldering kit. As you can see, I was planning on replacing the battery, but the way they're bonded to the board, they can't simply be swapped out. I had to install a socket for the battery to eliminate the need for soldering in the future. For this cartridge, at least. Checked the board over, positive, negative, check. Wired up the mount properly, soldered everything securely. It's certainly factory-quality, and it's definitely ugly, but the connections are solid, and won't come loose. I popped the battery in, put the cart back together, and fired it up. Started a game, got a few heart containers, and saved. Reset. Save file was still there. Shut the game off. Turned it back on, and my save file was still there. I shut the game off and shook the cartridge like a British nanny. Save file wasn't lost. Battery didn't come loose at all, a later inspection proved. Okay, put the game away. A month or so later, I dragged it out again. My save was gone. Wtf? The battery was BRAND NEW, and hadn't been accidentally discharged in the installation process. I'm well aware that CR2032s output a constant level of charge until they die. Anyway, now the game randomly erases, as if it were powered by a dying AA battery. Shaking it or rapidly cycling the power don't do it, either. Replacing the battery in Zelda was a waste of effort, and it wasn't my soldering that made the project fail. If there's one thing I learned in Electronics class, it's how to fucking solder properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Connection fucked up, so double post. It would be really nice if I could edit my fucking posts, though. I demand an explanation as to why this essential feature of PHPBB2 was disabled. It's not a single checkbox, it has to be disabled manually for each forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Bummer about the battery... strange... Maybe it was a bad battery, unlikely as it may be... or maybe a short circuit somewhere on the circuit board... I dunno... I wasn't being to serious about the "how good you are with a soldering iron", and I certainly wasn't questioning your soldering skills Raijin Z . Hell, pretty much the only good thing I learned in electronics class was to solder ... But my point is if you have the components around; a RCA cord and a 5 pin DIN connector. You can solder a cable fairly quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Well, I'm just saying that just because you can do it yourself, it doesn't mean it'll come out right or be worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egdinger Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 Thanks for the link, but I know where I can get a genesis for that much, so I don't think I'll go that route. What really bugs me is my soldering looked fairly good, and it was only 3 connections (unless I'm mistaken). Now I don't want to mod my xbox . It was werid, my soldering iron would leav big globs of solder, an dthey were coming from the tip of the iron, so I bet I broke a connection somewhere else trying to get the globs off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Sss... They make mechanical vacuums for sucking up solder in small areas. Anyway, you're supposed to heat the element, and touch the solder to that, not just drip hot solder onto the contacts from the iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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